unpalatable

adjective

un·​pal·​at·​able ˌən-ˈpa-lə-tə-bəl How to pronounce unpalatable (audio)
1
: not palatable : distasteful
unpalatable wines
2
: unpleasant, disagreeable
raising income tax rates is politically unpalatableMary Rowland
unpalatability noun

Examples of unpalatable in a Sentence

pasta and honey is an unpalatable combination hesitated before sharing some of the more unpalatable details of his captivity
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The Senate bill’s lack of that sheltering language as well as the prospect of oversight by the Treasury Department may make this version of federal vouchers unpalatable for voucher fans. Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 At the end of the last season, after getting the New York elite to bend the knee and support her preferred opera company, Bertha set her sights on fixing up her daughter with an unpalatable British duke for the sake of his title. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 June 2025 These salts can leak out with the collected water, making for an unpalatable drink. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025 This is in line with Putin’s call for the talks to pick up where the meeting in 2022 stopped – an option that would be unpalatable to the Ukrainians since the demands Russia was making back then would amount to a capitulation by Kyiv. Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for unpalatable

Word History

First Known Use

1658, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of unpalatable was in 1658

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“Unpalatable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unpalatable. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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